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Tragedy in South Korea

Investigation into the sinking of Sewol ferry will hold lessons for all

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:00

Whether South Korea needs or accepts this assistance, the rest of the world should follow the investigation and heed the lessons that come out of it - PHOTO: AFP

THE sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol and consequent loss of some 300 lives - the majority of them school children - is at the moment as baffling as it is horrifying. But now is not the time for columns such as this to speculate what went wrong; that is for the proper authorities to look